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The new Maingear MG-1 MK.II starts at $2,249 for a pre-configured model with Intel Core Ultra 5 225F CPU, NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti GPU (8GB), 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. There are 10 different pre-configs available at the time of writing, pushing all the way up to $7,199 for a model with AMD Ryzen 9 950X3D2 Dual Edition CPU, NVIDIA RTX 5090 GPU, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 4TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. Of course, a significant chunk of that cost goes into RAM. If you'd like to save $300 compared to the cheapest 2x16GB kit Maingear offers, you can send in your own memory. Maingear wil

Maingear MG-1 MK.II specs (as reviewed)• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2• GPU: NVIDIA RTX 5090 FE• RAM: 32GB DDR5-6000• SSD: 2TB Samsung 9100 PRO• Mobo: MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk Max WiFi PZ• PSU: 1250W MSI MAG A1250GL I didn't run any benchmarks on this PC in terms of gaming performance. Its Founders Edition RTX 5090 GPU and AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D speak for themselves. Maingear isn't using proprietary or OEM performance hardware, so don't expect any surprises. However, I did test cooling and airflow. Internal temperatures at the motherboard sensor when the system is idle sit at about 34 degrees C. That's

There’s a logic to Bolt’s approach. Nvidia and AMD are focused on AI, but GPUs are still useful for many tasks besides AI. However, Bolt will need to overcome two key technical hurdles. The first is production. Cutting-edge silicon production is in short supply and leaders like Nvidia have most leading-edge production capacity tied up. The Zeus GPU will instead be fabricated on TSMC’s older N5 process node. Bolt is betting that an older process node will keep Zeus competitive with Nvidia on price. Bolt may also find it challenging to convince users that an unproven GPU is a safe bet. Driver su